Re: [StGit PATCH] Tutorial: Importing patches

From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2008, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID: <b0943d9e0810281509r109ee2dby51ee13a250700012@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081028204223.9539.89315.stgit@yoghurt>

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the patch.

2008/10/28 Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>:

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> +Importing a patch from an e-mail is simple too:
> +
> +  $ stg import --mail my-mail
> +
> +The e-mail should be in standard Git mail format (which is what e.g.
> +stglink:mail[] produces) -- that is, with the patch in-line in the
> +mail, not attached. The authorship info is taken from the mail
> +headers, and the commit message is read from the 'Subject:' line and
> +the mail body.

It actually supports importing diffs from attachments as well as long as they are text/plain (the description is expected in the mail body). Anyway, I think we don't have to mention this in the tutorial as most people would use the Git mail format anyway.

-- 
Catalin